diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3b550a0f6c..7a6f371e8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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diff --git a/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 3721443dd1..aab60bad18 100644
--- a/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
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 ddsfile = "0.4"
 log = "0.4"
-noise = "0.7"
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